| Page Views: 3,650 Last Visit to Visp: July, 2007 | Welcome to Visp by yumyum - last update: Jul 17, 2007 |
| Visp from the train coming down the Lötschberg |
I first came to Visp because the new Loetschberg railway tunnel was opened for the public on 16th June 2007 with big parties on both sides of the tunnel. In future ie from the timetable change on 9th December 2007 Visp will play a much bigger role for changing trains to eg Zermatt. There is no need anymore to go to Brig.
On 13th July 07 I came for a second visit because VTer MATIM and her family were holidaying here and I went to meet them. The surprise was that Ilse's daughter is also a VTer (VonDutch).
Visp was first mentioned in 1197 and for a long time was only a small town with a few hundered inhabitants and local gentry ruled the place. Over the centuries there was even war over the souvereignity. These days the most famous industry here is the Lonza plant for aluminium. Visp belongs to the German speaking part of the Wallis. |
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volopolo Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:00 UTC
lovely Architectural style of the Burgenerhaus | hunterV Sun May 10, 2009 08:15 UTC
Hello, Sonja! ~ I like visiting such old places... Thanks for your introduction. | hopang Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:56 UTC
Excellent Visp page with many lovely photos! Burgenerhaus and Kultur- and Kongresshouse look amazing. We hope to visit Visp one day! ~ho & pang | titabell Sun Mar 8, 2009 16:41 UTC
Hello Sonja...'couldn't help but admire your Visp tips. I'd love to re-visit the place. |
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